Improvement in clothes-driers



i tout safe tutti effet n WILLIAM TRnDnNIoK, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE IsLAND.

Letters Patent No. 110,607, dated December 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLTHES-DRIERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, WILLIAnTRnDENIoKfof.

method of connecting and supporting the arms, and

Fifure 2 is .a ers ective view of the rack showin(r b 7 D .a portion of the arms turned down and the remainder folded up.

In constructing this clothes-rack, a'. back, A, of wood or other suitable material, and of any size desired, is made, and .to this are attached-on -itsfront side two semicircular brackets, B and C, the I ower one, B, being cast ofmetahand the upper one, C, being made of wood or metal, as preferred.

These vsemicircular brackets'B may be made of any size desired, the' upper one, however, being smaller than the lower, as clearly shown in Iig. 2, and for a purpose hereinafter explained.

'lhe form of the bracket B is clearly shown in gs. 1 and 2. It has an elevation, A, on'its rear side with an opening'forvthe insertion of a screw, b, by means of which it is secured in place.

Its semicircular edge is turned down so as to form -a'lange, and is provided with a series of radial slots, c, equidistant from each other, in which are fastened arms D, by means of' a wire, d, passing through them, and a short distance from their lower ends, asclearly shown in fig. 2. l

This wire d passes along a groove, e, on the upper side of the bracket, as shown in the same figure, and has its'ends secured by nuts f, as shown in iig. 1.

. vThe ends of the arms D, below the point through which the wired passes, are formed as shown in lig. 2, and when the arms are turned down -these ends extend under the bracket B, and are held securely and free from any lateralinofion by means of projections on the under side of the bracket between the slots, as

well as by the curved form ofthe edge of the bracket,

as clearlyshown in both figure The edge of the upper bracket, O, is provided 'with` a series of spring clips, E, equal in number to the arms I), and for holding them when turned up, as clearly shown in fig. 2. f

In this way-I construct a portable rack for clothes or other similar articles, that maybe hung up in any suitable place, as desired, and that may have one or more of its arms extended as required, andv when not in use mayhave them all turned up out of the way.

l The wire cl that holds thea-rms, and about which they turn, can be tightened at any time by turning ,the nuts on their c nds,y and, as it lies in a groove, e,

it cannot slip lout of place.

As the upper bracket, C, is smaller than the lower lone, D, it will be seen that the arms, when' turned up,

will incline inward and would not fall down, even if there were no clips E to hold them.

Haring thus described my invention,

A,clothcsfraok,consisting of a hack, A, having an upper bracket, G, provided with spring clipsE, and a lower bracket, B,fprovided with arms D, pivoted to a wirercl, the wholeconstructed and arraii ged as shown WILLIAM TREDENIOK.-

. and described.

Witnessesr Amos D; Mumonn, CHARLES SELDEN. 

